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CBIA Mourns Loss of Chairman Raymond Becker
 Raymond C. Becker, the 2008 chairman of the California Building Industry Association (CBIA), passed away suddenly at the age of 59 at his home on Oct. 7.
“He was a wonderful, talented, dedicated man and association leader,” said Robert Rivinius, president and CEO of the CBIA. “Ray brightened each day with his presence and his steady hand in dealing with issues. He will be deeply missed by his friends and associates.”
Becker was a 25-year veteran of the real estate development industry. He managed the development of large-scale master-planned communities involving more than 40,000 homes, as well as thousands of acres of retail and industrial projects in Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and San Diego counties.
In January 2004, Becker joined DMB Associates, a community builder in Scottsdale, Ariz., to develop a new town on 4,500 acres in San Benito County, at the south end of the Silicon Valley.
Becker attended California State University, Northridge, and spent a 10-year stint in the U.S. Army’s Intelligence Branch.
He began his development career under the tutelage of John D. Lusk, famed for his endowment of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California. In the early 1980s, Becker was division manager for Lusk’s fledgling division in the Inland Empire.
Prior to joining DMB, Becker was a senior vice president with Lennar Communities' Southern California Division.
Becker’s involvement with the BIA began in 1982. In 1987, he served as president of the Riverside County Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California and was BIA/SC president in 2003. He was a member of the Home Builders Association of Northern California.
He served on numerous committees and task forces at CBIA, including association vice chair and public affairs chair in 2007. He was a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of HomeAid and served on the boards of the Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation and NAHB.
For a tribute page to Becker on the CBIA Web site, click here.
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